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Hirundinidae

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Hello, I'm Hirundinidae, a Democratic Socialist from somewhere within the United States. Send me a PM if you would like to collaborate on open-source software for social development and the greater good.

  • More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

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  • Democratic Socialism in the Workplace and Hierarchy by Consent (OC)

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  • It's good that there are European models for these organizations and I hope to be able to talk to some folks who know more about them, in due time.

    Thanks for linking the info on Dual Power, I didn't know it but I will add it to my lexicon.

    To answer your questions, yes the Owners are shareholders who can own up to 1 share and no more. Workers and Owners must be the same people, and non-worker owners would hopefully be ejected or retired. So yeah the ownership is distributed among everyone that works there and no one else.

    I'm not surprised your Californian friends had trouble getting loans, there just hasn't been a good track record of success for co-ops in the US. That doesn't mean it can't work, however, we just need to be innovative about how we implement a new cooperative model. Once a few of them get up and operational it will get easier for the rest who choose the same model to get loans and the like.

    I like your idea about increasing equity stake with experience, and I do include that for new workers, but only up until they get their 1 share. Instead, experience at the company would be rewarded on the hourly pay scale. I'm sure either strategy could be implemented.

    Since you're actively trying to start a business I do hope you have time to read the Articles of Association template I wrote, it will at least be food for thought. I shared it through Proton Drive as a pdf and an odt, let me know if you'd like to receive it a different way.

    Thanks

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  • The concept isn't that everyone gets to unanimously agree on the leader, but that they will be enfranchised with voting rights, which I would hope people find to be an improvement over most companies.

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  • In search of internal network chat software for teams

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  • I will look into those, thanks!

  • In search of internal network chat software for teams

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  • I think that's where I am at, yes. I have programming experience but very little in terms of networking. Ultimately what I want is a custom team management tool but I need to understand how these messengers work first. Thanks

  • The data center rebellion is only the beginning

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  • They tend to have a massive amount of cooling units on top, which does create a lot of noise. There are also instances of the companies using portable diesel and even turbine generators to power their data centers, which has got to be infuriating to live near.

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  • Thanks, Snikket seems like what I'm looking for, but it seems to focus on getting domain hosting so you can access it from anywhere. I don't need that, accessing a port on my desktop would be enough. Do you know if Snikket can run that way?

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  • As others have pointed out, moratoria like the one Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed are designed to buy time to work questions like that out—to develop good governance and regulation of AI—not install a permanent ban.

    It's impossible to totally ban it since these models can be run locally. Anyway I think if we're going to allow people to make AI slop and consume absurd amounts of electricity then there needs to be some guardrails put in place. Premium utility tax for electricity consumed (also apply this to crypto), watermarks for AI content, priority for renewables in new grid power, provisions for noise pollution. All of it.

    But like the article points out, what we need here is time and the tech overlords just don't want to give us that.

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    In search of internal network chat software for teams